Conserving Kabayan Mummies: Aussie Experts Unite with Ibaloi
University of Melbourne experts join Kabayan community to conserve ancient fire mummies using modern technology. Monitoring climate impact on these ...
Tag: mummy
Human and animal remains preservied by primarily by drying and dessication.
Unique 17th-Century Monk Relics at Dau Pagoda
Dau Pagoda in Vietnam, dating back to 200 AD, houses preserved 17th-century monk relics. Confirmed by X-rays in 1983, these ...
High-Tech Rescue for the Kabayan Mummies in the Philippines
Ancient Kabayan "fire" mummies in Luzon, Philippines, face risk from environmental changes. Researchers use modern technology to study and preserve ...
[Paper] Biomolecular analyses enable new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming
via Nature, 1 February 2023: Analaysis of an embalming workshop suggest that some of the materials used to preserve the ...
In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead
via New York Times, 14 December 2020: Photo essay of the Toraja people in Sulawesi and their death rituals which ...
Baliem Valley mummies tourism suffers under current slump
via Tempo, 17 June 2020: With tourism down due to Covid-19, smaller sites such as the Mummies of Baliem Valley ...
The alien paintings of Papua
via Tempo, 17 June 2020: It is difficult to date rock art in general, and in most cases they predate ...
Visitors to the Pumo Mummies disappear during Covid-19
via Media Indonesia, 10 May 2020: It's not the big sites like Angkor and Bagan suffering from the drop in ...
The mummies of Papua
via Tempo, 27 December 2019: Mummies in Southeast Asia are uncommon, but they do exist. This article features the mummification ...
Road project threatend Philippine mummy site
A road construction project in Philippines' Mountain province runs uncomfortably close to some sacred mummy burial sites, sparking criticism. Hanging ...
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